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About the bill

Our government uses the stars-and-stripes flag for many different purposes — from flying above or outside government buildings, to military funerals, to hanging in almost public school classroom in America for the Pledge of Allegiance — but many of them are manufactured overseas. H.R. 916, the All-American Flag Act, would mandate that all American flags used by the federal government — not just by the military — be produced in this country.

Why the bill was introduced

Currently, American flags made outside the United States cost less, as do so many good and ...

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